In 2023, 14 percent of Tennessee's population lived below the poverty line. This was an increase from the previous year, when about 13.3 percent of Tennessee residents lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN was 19.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN reached a record high of 23.80 in January of 2013 and a record low of 19.00 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Putnam County, TN was 16.90% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Putnam County, TN reached a record high of 26.50 in January of 2013 and a record low of 16.30 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Putnam County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Lincoln County, TN was 12.40% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Lincoln County, TN reached a record high of 18.50 in January of 2016 and a record low of 11.10 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Lincoln County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.
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Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.547 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.314 % for 2010. Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 2.377 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2015, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.474 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.547 % in 2015. Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2021. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021.; Weighted Average; This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hickman County, TN was 14.10% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hickman County, TN reached a record high of 22.90 in January of 2016 and a record low of 13.60 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hickman County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Henderson County, TN was 16.80% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Henderson County, TN reached a record high of 21.50 in January of 2015 and a record low of 16.70 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Henderson County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Giles County, TN was 14.30% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Giles County, TN reached a record high of 19.50 in January of 2013 and a record low of 13.10 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Giles County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Williamson County, TN was 4.50% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Williamson County, TN reached a record high of 5.80 in January of 2012 and a record low of 3.90 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Williamson County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Grundy County, TN was 19.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Grundy County, TN reached a record high of 29.70 in January of 2013 and a record low of 17.20 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Grundy County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Polk County, TN was 13.30% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Polk County, TN reached a record high of 18.90 in January of 2014 and a record low of 11.60 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Polk County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Humphreys County, TN was 13.70% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Humphreys County, TN reached a record high of 18.50 in January of 2016 and a record low of 11.20 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Humphreys County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
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In 2023, 14 percent of Tennessee's population lived below the poverty line. This was an increase from the previous year, when about 13.3 percent of Tennessee residents lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.